Brian

Building apps 🔩🌍

[Brian @8riantam]

I went all in with bootstrapping 1 year ago, got rejected by a PM role in Bangkok 1 month ago, and my savings were almost drained.

I pivoted into apps at the beginning of 2025. It was an existential crisis at low $100 MRR in the first half of 2025.

Then I really started learning about marketing 1 month ago and went fully locked in.

Today I 10x’d my app to $1600 MRR, 500k organic views, and $0 ad spend.

Keep going. Don’t give up.

[Brian @8riantam]

it takes avg. 3 months for aso to kick in

[Brian @8riantam]

wild ride

[Brian @8riantam]

a typical day of using hermes agent

[Brian @8riantam]

@carlmonkft arcads is shittier than higgsfield

[Brian @8riantam]

that’s how you should work(out)

- losing 400 kcal
- hosting openseo on my vps

thanks @MarioSaputra !!

[Brian @8riantam]

it’s the sign to buy $META

muse eating up all the compute

[Brian @8riantam]

making $1k/mo limits your app’s growth

after rent, food, and platform fees,
your entire month’s revenue is basically gone

$3k/mo is the sweet spot:

- burn $2k on ads
- $1k for survival

[Brian @8riantam]

grok bot just liked my “thx” 💀

[Brian @8riantam]

@MarioSaputra gotta try it for my websites too. thanks!

[Brian @8riantam]

@elonmusk elon please reset my cursor usage

[Brian @8riantam]

@1Itsgauravkumar don't plan, just build

[Brian @8riantam]

new app launched 3 months ago

$0 marketing, pure aso/aeo

[Brian @8riantam]

new app is growing well with ASO/SEO/GEO ✌🏼

[Brian @8riantam]

@MarioSaputra nope 😂 it’s my ugc influencer side hustle

[Brian @8riantam]

what i love about organic content:

continuous traffic
$0 spent

[Brian @8riantam]

@carlmonkft i never see anyone using arcads posting their roas.

always only “paid partnership” post 💀

[Brian @8riantam]

every app founder:

[AppleTrack @appltrack]

Apple's iPhone Duo foldable will reportedly work with the Apple Pencil.

This will make it the first iPhone to ever support a stylus.